In an interview with the Toronto radio station CHFI (via The Playlist | indieWIRE), Hugh Jackman revealed that shooting on The Wolverine will begin this October and speculated the film would be released “a year after that”:

“We shoot in October, so it will probably come out a year after that. That’s […]

Deadline is reporting that 20th Century Fox and Hugh Jackman have chosen James Mangold to direct The Wolverine, replacing Darren Aronofsky who dropped out of the film this past March. Negotiations are expected to get underway shortly.

Since Darren Aronofsky’s depature as director of The Wolverine this past March, 20th Century Fox has been interviewing perspective candidates to direct the film. Now Variety is reporting that the studio has narrowed the field down to eight potential directors. They are: Jose Padilha, Doug Liman, Antoine Fuqua, Mark Romanek, Justin Lin, Gavin O’Connor, […]

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Darren Aronfksy has exited as director of 20th Century Fox’s The Wolverine. Aronofsky cited his unwillingness to be out of the country for such an extended period of time (up to 1 year). Fox and Aronfsky both confirmed the news, issuing the following statements from both parties: